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Anne of Green Gables and Green Gables House
Who hasn't read the books Anne of Green Gables or Anne of Avonlea by Lucy Maud Montgomery? As a young girl I remember being captivated by Anne's adventures of life on Prince Edward Island. Over the years these books have become literary classics with children and adults alike, my own daughter being no exception. The author of the famous Canadian novels, L.M. Montgomery, born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island, in 1874, was sent to live with her mother's family in Cavendish after her own mother died when Montgomery was an infant. Like fictional Anne, a stern aunt and uncle raised Montgomery. Lucy began writing at the tender age of nine and continued throughout her life. In 1892 Ms. Montgomery attended Prince of Wales College and became a teacher. She married the Rev. Ewen MacDonald, in 1911, when she was 37 years old, and they moved to Leaksdale, Ontario, to raise their three children. A prolific writer, Montgomery lived out her life on the island and passed away in 1942. Montgomery left a literary legacy of over 500 short stories, poems, and 20 novels. As entertaining today as the books were nearly a millennium ago, the sittings for the stories take place during a much simpler period of life in rural Prince Edward Island, amid a strong sense of community and traditional values. Freckled-faced, red haired Anne Shirley, an orphan girl, arrives through the vivid imagination of Montgomery on the pages of her first novel, published in 1908. The series began with Anne of Green Gables, and progressed to Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, and finally Anne's House of Dreams.
Montgomery's productive pen didn't stop with the Anne of Green Gables series, she also wrote another series about Emily Byrd Starr, who encompasses the author's own passion for writing. Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, and Emily's Quest follow a young girl from her father's illness and death through her life as a young woman. No ordinary girl, Emily's life rarely takes the simple path.
Green Gables House in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island is famous throughout the world as the inspirational setting for Montgomery's classic tales of fiction. The farm was the home of David Jr. and Margaret MacNeill, cousins of Mongomery's grandfather. Shortly after Montgomery's death, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recognized her as being a person of national significance, and a monument and plaque were erected at Green Gables. Go To Page: 1 2
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